A translating menu and footer system

[mj]

With translation contributions from you all, I managed to put together this basic proof of concept.

http://3gphones.org (site has nothing to do with phones, this is just my devel domain)


Just change the language in the drop-down box and watch the menu links and footer links get translated. There isn't any content behind the links, just there for the example...

I even built in on-the-fly css generation for switching between ltr and rtl - yes the css is generated dynamically with every request via a php script.

Thoughts?

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[Bramiozo]

Did you use xajax for the asynchronism?

Changing css on the fly is also something that can be used to create user specific sites where users can drag-drop menus and perhaps change color schemes or font styles.

[mj]

Originally Posted by Bramiozo

Did you use xajax for the asynchronism?

Changing css on the fly is also something that can be used to create user specific sites where users can drag-drop menus and perhaps change color schemes or font styles.

There is nothing asynch, so it's quite ineffecient as it stands. The dropdown box uses a javascript redirect, simply calling index.php with different "lang" args. If lang == ar, direction = rtl, else direction = ltr. css.php is called with args from the header, view the source.

I am building this up some more, using the php zend framework. No time for coding right now, though :-(

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[Guix]

It's cool.

<p id="drupalfan">
But I'm more towards using and contributing to Drupal. It's a pain to learn but since version 6, it's probably the most interesting multilanguage CMS. There's still plenty of room for improvements, but the thing is it's really a Content Mangement System and not a PMS (Pages Management System) pretending to be a CMS Of course for minisites it's overpowered...
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[Bramiozo]

I read Drupal was more suitable for multilingual projects compared to joomla, is this based on anything ?

[Bramiozo]

Originally Posted by mj

There is nothing asynch, so it's quite ineffecient as it stands. The dropdown box uses a javascript redirect, simply calling index.php with different "lang" args. If lang == ar, direction = rtl, else direction = ltr. css.php is called with args from the header, view the source.

I am building this up some more, using the php zend framework. No time for coding right now, though :-(

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?lang=... Ok, yeah that would work just fine, will take a bit longer with the ping and all but it's more effictive in coding than ajax...

[Guix]

Originally Posted by Bramiozo

I read Drupal was more suitable for multilingual projects compared to joomla, is this based on anything ?

I wouldn't know, what I do know is that both are heavy artillery and if I need one, I now choose Drupal instead of Joomla which I don't like.

[Bramiozo]

Are there particular things you don't like about joomla ?

I have yet to gain experience with using a standard cms, a one fit's all would be nice.

[mj]

I don't like Joomla or Drupal because the standard functionality is so limited. You need to use plenty of 3rd party modules, and it's damned difficult to find a point in time where they all work together. For example, look at Joomla and Joomfish right now - Joomfish is still in beta for Joomla 1.5, and Joomla 1.5 has been released for over 6 months already. Drupal is just as bad with the 3rd party integration hell.

Thus I will start to build a complete software stack for building city portals and yellow pages integration across multiple city sites.

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[Lidador]

There's an wp plug-in that does exactly this, plus... it auto translate your posts. (But bear in mind it's Google auto translation quality..)